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EARTHDATE: June 26, 2011

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REAL LIFE NEWS: THE SILENT GIG

by Hazed

How do you run a rock concert when there are noise restrictions in the building? You make it a silent gig, that's how.

When the band Scouting for Girls were booked for a special promotional event run by Absolute Radio and smart car, the plan was to hold the gig in an exhibition venue in London's Oxo Tower, which is a residential area. The building itself contains offices, restaurants and a gallery, so a noisy band wouldn't have gone down too well.

And so, each of the 150 guests was given a headset through which the sound was broadcast. The result: a silent gig.

Sounds like a cool idea, although presumably the drumkit still sounded noisy without the headphones - unless they used electronic drums, too!

You can read more about the technical challenges of the silent gig, here: http://fohonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5181&Itemid=1.

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